No Advance Terms on Speed Limit
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EMPLOYERS could not agree to any guarantee on working schedules, wage rates and conditions of employment in advance of the raising of the 20 m.p.h. limit. The solution of this problem rested with the Government.
This was stated by Mr. S. C. Bond, president and chairman of the Traders' Road Transport Association, at the annual luncheon of the East Midland Division at Nottingham, last week.
All parties were agreed that the lifting of the limit was desirable, and the only obstacle was the present attitude of the trade unions. "It must be remembered that any Order made by the Minister would be permissive only," said Mr. Bond. "No one would oblige heavy vehicles to travel at 30 m.p.h. at all times.
Let the Minister make the Order, and the employers and the unions can then get round the table to settle the details through the existing machinery." [The subject is to be discussed next Wednesday by the National Joint Industrial Council for the road haulage industry.] "PROTECT COACH DRIVERS"
nRIVERS of modern coaches should
have better protection, said Mr. A. W. Neal when he proposed a resolution to this effect at a meeting of Newark Road Safety Council. These vehicles had their engines beneath the floor and the " paper-thin " metal front afforded drivers little safety.
The resolution will be passed to the Minister of Transport. Mr. Neal suggested that bumpers be fitted high on the front of the coach to protect the cab.
FRENCH MAKERS AMALGAMATE
I T was announced in Paris last week that the Citron and Panhard companies had amalgamated. This move is considered in France to be an answer to the merger of French Ford and Simca last ■. ear.